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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60W—CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
  • B60W50/00—Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit, e.g. process diagnostic or vehicle driver interfaces
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60R16/00—Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for
  • B60R16/02—Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric constitutive elements
  • B60R16/023—Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric constitutive elements for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60R16/00—Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for
  • B60R16/02—Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric constitutive elements
  • B60R16/023—Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric constitutive elements for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems
  • B60R16/0231—Circuits relating to the driving or the functioning of the vehicle
  • B60R16/0232—Circuits relating to the driving or the functioning of the vehicle for measuring vehicle parameters and indicating critical, abnormal or dangerous conditions
  • B60R16/0234—Circuits relating to the driving or the functioning of the vehicle for measuring vehicle parameters and indicating critical, abnormal or dangerous conditions related to maintenance or repairing of vehicles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60T—VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
  • B60T13/00—Transmitting braking action from initiating means to ultimate brake actuator with power assistance or drive; Brake systems incorporating such transmitting means, e.g. air-pressure brake systems
  • B60T13/10—Transmitting braking action from initiating means to ultimate brake actuator with power assistance or drive; Brake systems incorporating such transmitting means, e.g. air-pressure brake systems with fluid assistance, drive, or release
  • B60T13/66—Electrical control in fluid-pressure brake systems
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60T—VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
  • B60T17/00—Component parts, details, or accessories of power brake systems not covered by groups B60T8/00, B60T13/00 or B60T15/00, or presenting other characteristic features
  • B60T17/18—Safety devices; Monitoring
  • B60T17/22—Devices for monitoring or checking brake systems; Signal devices
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60T—VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
  • B60T17/00—Component parts, details, or accessories of power brake systems not covered by groups B60T8/00, B60T13/00 or B60T15/00, or presenting other characteristic features
  • B60T17/18—Safety devices; Monitoring
  • B60T17/22—Devices for monitoring or checking brake systems; Signal devices
  • B60T17/221—Procedure or apparatus for checking or keeping in a correct functioning condition of brake systems
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
  • G07C5/00—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
  • G07C5/008—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles communicating information to a remotely located station
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
  • G07C5/00—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
  • G07C5/08—Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
  • G07C5/0841—Registering performance data
  • G07C5/085—Registering performance data using electronic data carriers

Definitions

• Electronic brake control device for a vehicle and diagnostic device, receiving station and computer program
• the invention relates to an electronic brake control device according to claim 1.
• the invention further relates to a diagnostic device according to claim 8, a receiving station according to claim 9 and a computer program according to claim 10.
• the invention relates to the field of vehicle management in terms of maintenance and service. It is known that road vehicles must meet certain service intervals prescribed by the manufacturer. In the field of commercial vehicles, d. H. Trucks and their trailers, the technical equipment has become more complex over time. At the same time there is a need to optimize the service and maintenance costs.
• the invention is therefore based on the object to provide means by which the service and maintenance costs of a vehicle can be reduced without much additional effort.
• the electronic brake control device has one or more output ports for operating one or more vehicle components that are not part of the vehicle's brake system, the electronic brake control device having a memory for data storage having at least one memory location for storing operating data of one connected to the respective output port Vehicle component has, wherein the electronic brake control device is adapted to detect the operation of the connected vehicle component characterizing data and collect as total operating value of the vehicle component and store in the associated memory space.
• the invention has the advantage that by providing at least one or possibly more memory locations for storing the operating data of vehicle components, the maintenance and service costs can be reduced by being able to be adapted to the respective concrete requirements of the monitored vehicle component.
• a further advantage is that an electronic brake control device for a vehicle is provided for the detection of the total operating value, which already has one or more output connections for connecting and for actuating one or more vehicle components.
• Such electronic brake control devices are already widely used in trailer vehicles with electronically controlled brake systems.
• Such electronic brake control devices usually already have a memory, so that no additional cost is required in this regard.
• the invention may, for. B. for vehicle components such as moving floors (walking floor), which are provided as sliding floors for loading and unloading a vehicle, or sliding tops, as they are for. B. are provided for dumpers to cover the charge used. Depending on the type of use and the frequency of use of the individual vehicle components in the respective vehicle, this can add up to the overall operating value adapted maintenance can be carried out in a simple manner.
• the invention can be advantageously used in road vehicles of the commercial vehicle sector, d. H. in towing vehicles and trailers, z. B. semi-trailers and drawbar trailers.
• a plurality of vehicle components can be monitored for a respective total operating value, wherein then for each vehicle component at least one allocated memory space is provided for the respective total operating value.
• several types of data characterizing the operation of the connected vehicle component e.g. Duration and number of operations, are recorded and stored as respective total operating values in their own memory locations.
• Another advantage is that in particular when monitoring a larger number of controlled by the electronic braking device via the output terminals vehicle components in a simple and fast way an overview of the entire service condition of the vehicle can be taught, for. B. by the individual total operating values are read out of the memory locations and visualized or automatically compared with limits and these results are displayed.
• the operation of the connected vehicle component characterizing data z. B. the turn-on of the connected vehicle component or the Einschaltnosuftechnik the connected vehicle component, or both data. If the switch-on times of the connected vehicle component are monitored, they are measured by the electronic brake control device and summed up as total operating value, which then corresponds to a total operating time, and stored in the allocated memory location. If the starting frequency of the connected vehicle component is recorded as the characteristic of the operation of the connected vehicle component, the starting frequency, ie the number of actuations, is determined by the electronic brake control unit. counted as a total operating value, which in this case a
• Total turn-on frequency is equal, accumulated and stored in the allocated memory space.
• the electronic brake control device is adapted to measure the turn-on of the connected vehicle component and réellesummieren as the total operating time of the vehicle component and store in an associated first memory location, and in addition to count the Einschaltnosuftechnik the connected vehicle component and sum up as Patrioteincliäuftechnik the vehicle component and store in an associated second memory location.
• the electronic brake control device has a telematics unit or an interface to a telematics unit which is provided in the vehicle, wherein the telematics unit is set up for wireless data transmission of data from the vehicle to a remote receiving station.
• the electronic brake control device is set up to store the total operating value of the vehicle component stored in memory space via the telematics system. unit to the remote receiving station to transmit.
• the transmission can z. B. initiated by the electronic brake control device, z. B. in the form of a transmission at fixed intervals or for certain events, eg. B. when the stored total operating value reaches a predetermined limit, which requires maintenance of the associated vehicle component. It can also be provided that the total operating value stored in the memory location is queried on the initiative of the remote receiving station and then transmitted by the electronic brake control device via the telematics unit.
• the electronic brake control device is adapted to monitor the total operating value of the vehicle component to reach or exceed a maximum value and to generate a warning signal when reaching or exceeding the maximum value.
• the warning signal can z. B. be an audible or visual signal in the vehicle or in the towing vehicle, which is signaled to the driver.
• a warning signal can be generated that indicates a need for service, so that the driver is informed about visiting a workshop.
• the warning signal can also be transmitted via the telematics unit to the remote receiving station, so that there the warning signal can be evaluated as an indication of a service requirement of the vehicle.
• the memory has at least one memory location for storing operating data of at least one brake system component controlled by the electronic brake control device, wherein the electronic brake control device is adapted to detect the operation of the connected brake system component characterizing data and to collect asfensiv dressesswert the brake system component and store in the allocated memory space.
• Total operating time and / or Total Einschalltratiufmaschine can be monitored. So z. B. the duty cycle or the Einschaltnosufmaschine be monitored by solenoid valves of an anti-lock braking system.
• a diagnostic device configured to communicate via a diagnostic interface with the electronic brake control device according to one of the preceding claims and thereby stored in the memory total operating value of the vehicle component and / or the total operating value of the brake system component from the electronic Brake control device read and evaluate and / or display.
• the object is further achieved by a receiving station according to claim 9, wherein the receiving station for receiving the data of the telematics unit of a vehicle with an electronic brake control device according to one of claims 4 to 7, wherein the receiving station is adapted to the stored in the memory total operating value of Read vehicle component and / or the total operating value of the brake system component from the electronic brake control device and evaluate and / or display.
• a computer program with program code means according to claim 10 which are adapted to communicate with the electronic brake control device according to one of claims 1 to 7 and thereby the stored in memory total operating value of the vehicle component and / or the total operating value of the brake system component the electronic brake control device read and evaluate and / or display when the computer program is executed on a computer
• FIG. 1 shows a vehicle consisting of a towing vehicle and a
• Figure 2 shows an electronic brake control device for a vehicle.
• FIG. 1 shows, in a schematic representation as a vehicle, a tractor unit 4 with a trailer 3 coupled thereto in the form of a semitrailer.
• the trailer 3 has a loading area 5.
• a movable loading floor 7 is arranged with an electric drive, which can be actuated via an electrical signal.
• a charge 6 arranged on the loading floor 7 can be displaced.
• the loading and unloading of the loading area 5 can be simplified.
• the trailer 3 has an electronically controlled braking system which is controlled by an electronic brake control device 1.
• the electronic brake control device 1 may, for. B. have control electronics and electrical actuators in the form of solenoid valves.
• the electronic brake control device 1 is connected to the wheel brakes of the trailer 3.
• a wheel brake 8 is shown by way of example in FIG.
• the electronic brake control device 1 is further connected via an electrical line or a data bus with the sliding loading floor 7, which is provided as a vehicle component, which is not part of the brake system of the trailer 3.
• FIG. 2 shows the electronic brake control device 1 with further details as well as further elements shown for the explanation of the invention.
• the electronic brake control device 1 may be connected to a plurality of sensors 13, 14, 1 5, 16 to detect input signals, e.g. B. with Rad- rotational speed sensors over which the wheel rotational speeds of individual wheels of the trailer 3 can be detected.
• the electronic brake control device has one or more output ports 21 that are configured to connect one or more vehicle components that are not part of the brake system of the vehicle to it and that are controlled by the electronic brake control device. At the output terminal 21 of the movable loading floor 7 is connected.
• the electronic brake control device 1 is further, as already explained with reference to FIG 1, connected to the wheel brake 8.
• the electronic brake control device 1 has a computer 2 for executing a control program, for. In the form of a microcomputer or microcontroller.
• the electronic brake control device 1 also has a memory 9 for data storage.
• the memory 9 may be provided as a separate component or as integrated into the computer 2 memory.
• the memory 9 has a multiplicity of memory locations, of which, by way of example, a first memory location 11 and a second memory location 12 are numbered.
• the first memory location 1 1 is used to detect the duty cycle of the wheel brake 8
• the second memory space 1 2 serves to detect the duty cycle of the movable loading floor 7.
• the respective memory location 1 1, 12 the respective duty cycle of the wheel 8 and the movable loading floor. 7 summed up and stored as total operating values.
• a diagnostic device 19 can be connected via an electrical connection 20 with the electronic brake control device 1.
• the diagnostic device 19 may, for. B. a commercial Computer with a diagnostic program installed on it.
• Diagnostic device 19 communicates with the computer 2 such that the computer
• the diagnostic device 19 evaluates this data and displays the data or the results of the evaluation on a display.
• the electronic brake control device 1 is also connected to a telematics unit 10.
• the telematics unit 10 can be on or in the trailer
• the telematics unit 10 may also be part of the electronic brake control device 1.
• the telematics unit 10 is set up for wireless data transmission to a remote receiving station 22.
• the remote receiving station 22 also has a telematics unit 1 7 and means for evaluating and storing the received data, which are shown in simplified form as data memory 18 in FIG.
• the telematics units 10, 17 are each designed for bidirectional data transmission, that is to say for transmission and reception.
• the electronic brake control device 1 has a control program which is executed on the computer 2, in which the total operating values stored in the first memory location 11 and the second memory location 12 are transmitted via the telematics unit 10 to the remote receiving station 22 at regular time intervals.
• the received total operating values are stored in the data memory 18.
• an evaluation on reaching service interval limits and an indication of a maintenance requirement in the receiving station 22 can take place.

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